How to get back to normal after a trip to Japan
First, drop off the face of the Earth. Let stuff lapse—your blog, your business, your relationships. Get so flaky with your friends that one of them calls you, worried, because you…
Otaku Links: A few good writers
How much money do you cost the anime industry when you illegally stream? Jenbae’s model is a guesstimate by her own account, but it still went viral. It shows that there’s absolutely…
How to prepare for your first visit to Japan
Twenty years in advance: Be a Girl Scout. When it comes time to choose a country for your troop to study for Thinking Day, choose Japan. Taste sushi for the…
Otaku Links: Crowdfund All The Shows!
Funimation is bringing everyone’s favorite ’90s shoujo mecha series, The Vision of Escaflowne, to Blu-Ray with a Kickstarter campaign. In just 3 days, it’s already funded! What do you think about established…
Get ready to disappoint people you love as you pursue your dreams
My friend invited me to go doujinshi shopping in Akihabara when I’m there next month. What an amazing opportunity—to buy lovingly drawn yaoi in its country of origin. Only, I…
Otaku Links: Hidden gems
Why + how to update old blog posts. A great reminder for all of us with blogs. For some reason my most popular post this month is something I wrote…
How to balance a lot of major projects (AKA how to do everything you want)
I have a lot on my plate right now, as I’m fond of blogging this 2016. “So busy!” about half of my Otaku Links posts seem to have begun. I’m…
Otaku Links: Miracle La!
Fushigi Yuugi is now streaming on Crunchyroll in its entirety. This is one of the first anime I ever heard about, though in the Before Times I couldn’t get my…
The Seven Year Itch
This weekend would have been my seventh Katsucon. If I had gone. In the past six years, I haven’t missed it. Held first in my neighborhood and later a modest…
Otaku Links: Japanic and Nihorror
With my Japan trip about a month away it’s time to Japanic! It’s my first time traveling internationally in eight years and I’m rusty. But this packing list and this…